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Governments urged to consider the importance of gender when dealing with climate change issues
No commentsGlobal Gender Climate Alliance calls on government’s to recognise the importance of women participation when dealing with climate change issues.
»Asian Activists, Filipino Personalities demand justice for climate victims
No commentsAs government negotiators from all over the world met in Thailand this week to hammer out a major climate agreement, thousands of Asian activists took to the streets of Bangkok to demand justice for victims of climate change.
»Liberia leads on gender and climate change
1 commentIn much of the developing world it is women who work the farms and grow the food. Patrick Wrokpoh reports from Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city, on the country’s efforts to make gender count in the climate change debate.
»Women demand a voice
No commentsWomen’s rights activists have demonstrated at the UN Climate Change conference in Poznan, Poland demanding more pro-women policies in addressing climate change.
»Women take the lead in adaptation projects
No commentsThe environment and development organisation Germanwatch reported in its Global Climate Risk Index that Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. The South-Asian nation has consistently over the past ten years been ranked as one of three countries most affected by extremes of weather. For this reason, significant amounts of money have been invested in developing adaptation strategies. Women, traditionally homemakers in rural communities, have especially benefited from these projects.
»Where Are Women?
No commentsMembers of different women’s organisations at the COP14 summit in Poznan, Poland, have expressed concern over the UNFCCC’s ambit. According to them, the convention has no human face or social dimension — it is felt that the climate change summits are one of the few global conventions that do not include women and gender issues.
»Does the UN climate convention ignore gender?
No commentsWomen’s organizations at the UN climate talks in Poland, COP14, are concerned about the treaty which underlies the meeting, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, because they say the convention has no human face and no social dimension.
»Back to the future
No commentsBianca Jagger, Chair of the World Future Council, attended the UNFCCC to talk about carbon emissions in 2020. She also spoke on the womens role in climate change issues, and on solar energy as an alternative solution.
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